Jan Blaauw came by today with an unusual chair from the fabulous Italian brand Eumenes. It was made out of ‘Turkish shopping bags’ material. Funnily enough, I’d just seen this unusual pattern in the Winter ’14 edition of haute couture magazine L’Officiel. There was already a ‘Turkish shopping bags’ hotel in Amsterdam in 2009 – see […]
I was honoured to be invited to the first pilot session for a new focus group (KGKR8) at the end of June. Our theme was ‘The value and purpose of social media’. It was truly inspirational – and particularly our conclusion that as a business, you need to listen to your clients even more. A […]
This was an amazing day, as I was shown around by the architects of the IJDock homes and the IJDock Hotel. At the ING building, I was allowed to observe the workings of the ingenious water/air circulation system, again with an explanation from the architect. The photos show the IJDock homes created by architect Zeinstra […]
There was a nice article about this in NRC Weekend on 24 March. You can see what a 3D printer is capable of in the Dutch TV programme ‘De Wereld Draait Door’(The World Keeps Turning’). Watch the YouTube version here Take a look at these too: ground3d.nl, fablab.nl and makerbot.com
Salone del Mobile 2013 Each year, we go to the furniture and design show in Milan to see the latest international trends. It gives us the chance to spend a few days just seeing, breathing and talking design. We also have more in-depth conversations with lots of our Dutch colleagues. Truly inspirational. We’re already looking […]